3744 x 5616 px | 31,7 x 47,5 cm | 12,5 x 18,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2 novembre 2011
Ubicazione:
Melbourne, NSW, Australia
Altre informazioni:
Melbourne Central is a large shopping centre, office, and public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The complex includes the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which was refurbished in 2005 by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall. Contained underneath the shopping centre's massive glass cone sits the Coop's Shot Tower which was built on the site in 1888. After last being used in 1961, the tower was retained to become a focal-point of the centre, R.M. Williams and the Shot Tower Museum now take up the inside of it. The tower was also featured in the opening sequence of the 1997 Jackie Chan film Mr. Nice Guy. The Shot Tower is the focal point of the shopping centre, with the cone purposefully built to protect the National Trust building. The Melbourne Central shopping and office development was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa in the Metabolist style, and constructed between 1986 and 1991 by Japanese firm Kumagai Gumi at a cost of $1.2 billion.
